FDA-D.438-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.438-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
A Bullfight, Seville
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Other number
Pi 262
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 289mm
width (actual size): 419mm
width (actual size): 419mm
Inscription
Signed and dated 'D. Roberts 1835' (lower left)
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour heightened with white bodycolour
Production
Person
Roberts, David, 1796 - 1864 (Artist)
Date
1835
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Walter Turner; bequeathed to Eton College by Alan Pilkington in 1973
Exhibited: 'Exhibition of Early English Water-colours from the Collection of J. Leslie Wright Esq. and Walter Turner Esq.', City Art Gallery, Birmingham, 1938 (catalogue number 176); 'Three centuries of British Water-colours and Drawings', Arts Council, 1951 (catalogue number 142). Colnaghi, 1958 (catalogue number 16); 'David Roberts' Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1986 (catalogue number 101); 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London 2003 (catlogue number 62)
Exhibited: 'Exhibition of Early English Water-colours from the Collection of J. Leslie Wright Esq. and Walter Turner Esq.', City Art Gallery, Birmingham, 1938 (catalogue number 176); 'Three centuries of British Water-colours and Drawings', Arts Council, 1951 (catalogue number 142). Colnaghi, 1958 (catalogue number 16); 'David Roberts' Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1986 (catalogue number 101); 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London 2003 (catlogue number 62)
